On Wednesday night,MSNBC’s TheRachel MaddowShow drew more viewers than every other primetime program to become the most watched broadcast on cable news. The Rachel Maddow Show drew 2.875 million total viewers on May 17,while Tucker Carlson was watched by 2.748 million viewers on Fox News. The rest of theMSNBClineup was competitive or beat Fox News, with the exception of All In with Chris Hayes which lost to Carlson by nearly 700,000 viewers. Hardball with Chris Matthews also drew slightly more viewers than All In. The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell ran neck and neck with Sean Hannity as both shows drew more than 2.4 million viewers, and The 11th Hour continues to be a success forMSNBCas it defeated all competition in its 11 PM ET timeslot.

“As for the state of affairs specifically at Elon Musk’s company, it would be difficult to carry out such a mission in 2018, and even in 2020,” Vladimir Solntsev, general director of RSC Energia, the primary contractor for Russia’s human spaceflight program, said in a wide-ranging Q&A with theRussian news agency TASS.

“Nobody has yet even seen the designs. There’s no launch vehicle, no spacecraft,” Solntsev added. “The Crew Dragon spacecraft designed for missions to the ISS and Falcon 9 launch vehicle are a far cry from a spacecraft and a rocket that are needed for a mission towards the moon.”

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) on Wednesday announced a newinitiativeto curb methane emissions from the state’s agricultural, oil and gas, and landfill sectors. According to state data, by weight, methane accounts for 9 percent of the state’s overall greenhouse gas emissions, but it is the second-largest contributor to climate change, due to its outsized heat-trapping properties.

On today’s Kagro in the Morning show: Trumpshables Abroad! How to Babysit The Donald. Trump wants Flynn probe dropped… so he can rehire him! Chaffetz has one foot out the door, while Nunes has his hand in the cookie jar. Your weekend roundup of smartbrain reading on the special counsel.

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